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The Portland daily press., 1887-11-30

VUANTED-Ar reliable party 10 take the man
w agement of manufacturing business in
each unOccupied County In each State. Also
Statesmen wanted on salary. For particulars adj
dress CUMBERLAND MANUFACTURING CO.,
Boston, Mass, or apply to our Gen. Agent Alb
Fore Street, Portland, Maine. ISL
WANTED-Am man and wife, or women to
w take charge of dining hall and Kitchen,
one that has a thorough knowledge and wants
to take an interest in the business. None but
good parties need apply Women preferred: ST
JULIAN HOTEL. 26-1
VUANTED-All X. Of L. to know that Dlrigo
w L. A. No. 205O, will meet TUSDAY
EVENING at No. 80 Cross ST., Chadwick Block
at ia O'Clock until further notice. 26-l
VNANTED-A railroad man TO hire cottage
w OF six rooms, Sebago water, etc, within
eight Minutes walk OF the new Union Depot APP
ply TO G. A. WOODBURY., No. 3i1s Exchange
street. Z31
WANrED-Recruits for the United States
w Army; able bodied, unmarried men, be-
tween the ages of 21 and 35 years, are wanted for
the Cavalry, Artillery and Infantry; good pay,
ratons, clothes and medical attendance; hearty
young men are especially wanted for the cavalry
regiments both white and colored. Apply at
421a EXCHANGE ST., Portland, Me. a.
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-30

The receipts from all sources for the quarter
445 first mortgage bonds, s667 81. Dallas con-
struction loan and SIC ,038. 10 on account of new
locomotives were S202, .03, and the balance of
inf xNera 4 4
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-30

VNANTED-MAN-To take the agency Of
w our safes; sizes 29x18x15 inches; weight
500 lbs; retail price S35; other sizes in proper
ton A rare chance TO create permanent bus
mess at home. These safes meet demand new
er before supplied by other safe companies, as we
are not governed by the Safe Pool. Alpine Safe
Co., Cincinnati o. nOV23 WSS3m
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-30
BUSINESS CHANCES.
MALE HELP.

=
CITUATION WANTED--By young man
- In a retail grocery store; have experience;
will work IN store and can keep the books good
writer and accurate accountant; can WOrk for
low wages and give the best OF references. Adj
dress B., This ONCE. 291
VVANTED-Ay young man from &c TO 20 years
w Of age, In first-class prescription store, TO
learn the retail drug business; only those having
the best Of references need apply. Address tx.
n. y p ID BOX No 1892 PSI
WANTED gentleman Of good address,
w who can give good references and who has
energy and perseverance,; good salary II SUIT
able; paid weekly. Apply from $50 70 $50 a. m.
and from II. 3n TO 23U and $50 70 p. M, TO MIR.
JOHN BROWN, 9 Tolman Place. 244
cALEsMAN wANTED-small line of sam
= pies from Manufacturing Corporation offered
a live man; one traveller has earned an average
of s350,per month for six years past. r. o; BOX
1871 New York 242
WANTED-A thoroughly reliable man to
w drive double team. Apply at The AT
KINSON HOUSE FURNISHING CO., corner
Pearl and Middle streets. 241
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-30
uIsCELLANE0Us.

DUY NOW-I have the best stock Of Rubber
ID Goods ever shown In this city. best styles,
best qualities prices as low as the lowest. M. g..
PALMER, 54I Congress st. 26-1
Il ADIEs-Who want TO have warm feet should
IL buy pair Of our Beaver Balls Button or Con
gress Boots; or pair of Beaver Slippers; they are
nice, warm goods and will hil the bill; we also
have flannel lined DOngola oxford which are for
the same purpose. j. w. TURNER, 553 Con
gress cor. Oak st. PSI
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-30
S6 A Day---A Gold Mine

ever offered. A golden harvest for the next
Two months. s7J Per Month and expenses to
active men to sell our goods No capital
quired. No peddlng. Sample case of goods and
valuable Information and full particulars FREE
No humbug; we mean Just what we say. Adj
dress at once. STANDARD SILVERWARE co.
Boston, Mass oet3leOd&w2m
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-30

Three of the Dominican Fathers in Lewis
ton, have received and accepted call to
Fall River, Mass, where they are to have
charge of St. Anne's church. They are Rev.
Fathers Sauville, Esteva and Cormerais.
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-30

The Figures and the Truth About
Them.
Rochester IN. W Union and Advertiser (Dem)]
Returns of the canvasses in the several
counties have been received at Albany, and
the aggregates are announced as follows on
The Portland daily press., 1887-11-30

LNOUND-Have you seen those large story
IL books and poems, illustrated. bound In gold
and cloth, usually sold for S1.0O, we sell for 80
cents or 3 for one dollar. Over 1000 90 select
from. Call and see the books. COLESWORTHY
Book Store, % Exchange st. 26-l
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
Jokes at the Dinner Table.

Frequently dining table cccentricitlcs are
turned into practical jokes. AT u little din.
her given recently the guests were i'll icon
timlal roar of laughter. The chocolate
cream candles were stuffed with cotton, the
lemon drops were made Of gum cuaiacum,
and the candied almonds were filled with To.
basco sauce. Vegetables in covered dishes
were placed on the table with each course,
aid the guests We're asked TO assist i'll serving
them. III removing the covers q live eel, an
enormous bulifroS and n huge lizard from
Lake Ontario were disclosed. All were cx-
tremcly lively. Tho eel slipped within the
low cut waistcoat of the sheriff, tho bullfrog
landed Oh Fish Commissioner Murphy's
shoulder, and the lizard shot into the bosom
of Senator Gibbs. An old shoe, widowed
and rotten, was placed before Il we'll known
shoemaker. He grew rcd in the face and was
about to treat tho joke as Il mortal insult,
when q friend turned the Old shoe over, opened
n slidc in the sole and disclosed Il dozen cigars
of the finest flavor. The shoe was Il candied
dummy made to order. The little party be.
came so boistcrous in its merrimcnt that n DO.
lice officer of Irish descent appeared. On see,
ing the condition of the table, the room and
its occupants, he ~apologized for his intru,
sion, saying: "Shin fame! shin fame!
thought yces were havin' a bit of q "ruction,
but it's rothin' but a shindy!"-Cor. Kansas
City Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
RELIGIOUS NOTES,

The Society of Friends reports q, 5000 men,
beGs i'll this country.
Rev. A. b. McIncklin las become editor
Of The lutheran Evangelist.
ST. Johns church, Washington, has q me-
mortal tablet to cx-Prcsilcnt Arthur.
There are sixty-six Indian tribes, with
Gs.0G0 members, without u missionary in
America.
The Worlds Sabbath Observance Prayer
Union issues its call this year in fourteen
different languages.
The Methodist bishops will meet at Nash
vile May 3, tho bool; committee May 4,
board of missions MayG
The international Sunday school convcn
ton will meet in the Battery building,
Chicago, June l, 9 and
Moody ~testifies to the great advantage in
gospel work Of working with tho churches
instead OF central mass meetings.
During the last twenty-five years 90, 10, OO0
Bibles and Tcstamcnts and portions of Scrip.
tire i'll twenty-siX languages have been cir.
culated i'll Great Britain and abroad, from the
Crystal Palace Biblc stand in London, by
voluntary helpers.
Mai. Charles II. Blackburn, n well known
criminal lawyer of Cincinnati, noted for his
cloqucnce and his power over common jury
men, has turned up MS an evangelist. He
has just delivered n powerful sermon in one
of til" Baptist churches, and expects soon TIC
set up rs a rival of Moody and Sam Jones.
The question Of holding membership i'll
secret societies is agitating Il great many
people in church circles throughout Pcnnsyl
vania and New York, and IL minister who
has been especially vehement in denouncins
the societies was locked out Of a church III
which he was invited TO preach at Fayctte-
vile, Pa. 1t was in this ncighborhood that
tho anti-Nlasonic party gained its first pol
itical influence over forty years ago.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
SPORTING.
Iaud S. was IS wears old on March 2s.

Maud S. was Is years old on March 2S.
Lucky Baldwin will have twcnty-scven
racers i'll training this season.
j. B. lIascin has made thirty entries to
the Futurity of 1889, and Milton Young fifty
four. The probable value of the stake is
$4,000.
Drake Carter is to be relcgated to the
shafts next fall md may he tried over the
sticks if he can he got to stand preparation
next spring.
The New York Lawn Tennis club has al.
nouncel its intention of giving an open tour
nament this spring exclusively for ladies. As
the prizes will be unusually handsome a great
many entries are expected.
Patsey Cardiff has accepted a challenge
from Killen to fight with four ounce gloves
for $1,000 n side, and offers to wager $1,000
that he knocks killen out in five rounds The
fight will take place two weeks after Cardiff's
fight with Sullivan.
of the forty-four intercollegiate boat races
rowed between the universities of Oxford and
Cambridge, Cambridge, the winner of thl:
years event, has crossed the wire twenty
times, Oxford twcnty.threo md there wa:
one dead heat in 1877.
Mr.. Nathan Strauss, owner of Majolica, i
reported to have said: II am still anxious IL
make q match with Oliver K, and will tr!
and arrange one after his California engage
ments are filled. Majolica is in fine trim ont
never showed up better in his life than at til,
present time"
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
Kaiser William.


Will You please give u nutshell sketch Of the
life of the Emperor William of Germany, whose
9Oth birthday is being celebrated. History.
Born March a1, 1907, tho day the young
Napoleon started to take command of the
army of Italy, lie was a child when NaNo-
leon conquered his country. He served in
the successive European coalition wars
against the French emperor. AT 81 ho
marched with the victorious army of 1el4
from Leipsic to Paris. In 1910, at the head
of the Prussian forces, lie put down the Ger
man republican insurrection in a few weeks.
In 1851 acted instead of his brother, the king
of Prussia, who had become incapacitatrd.
In 1858, regent; in 1861, king. In 1870 came
the Franco-Prussian war, and OH Jan. IS,
1871, he was proclaimed emperor of Ger
many while with his victorious army at YER
sailles. In 1887, the oldest sovereign on the
globe.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
BASEBALL,

George Smith, the champion $50 yard
Splinter, would like to give up running for
baseball.
1t is claimed that the new rules We're gotten
up to benefit Tim Kccfc, who practiced under
them last fall.
The Chicago people predict great work
from young Flynn this session as n twirler.
His arm became very sore last fall, but it is
all right now, and he says he will be in good
trim when the season opens.
The New York club should have no trouble
in finding Il catcher To take Ewins's place,
providing the mana cement concludes to play
Buck at second base, rs it now has half u
dozen or more on its pay rolls.
President Ssolcn says it has not yet been
decided who will captain the Boston team
this year. He had better appoint Morrill,
and let him select Kelly as his assistant.
John is better acquainted with tho boys than
Mike is.
All the principal players of the Detroit
team arc members of tho Baseball Players
Protective association excepting Deacon
White. He symlati:izcs with the object of
organization, but for personal reasons refuses
to become Il member.
Terry, one Of Broo!iyn's crack twirlcrs.
has erected two poles about q mans height
and places little sticks across Mt all heights
between the shoulder and knee and then
practices knocking them down from a dis
tancc OF fifty feet.
Cartwright, the first hascunan of the New
Orleans team, is, indeed, n great batter. lie
has played against Duck Ewing, Fred
FILTER and a number of other great northern
players, and his hitting surprised them all.
y game in which he plays and fails to score q
homo run is very rare.
II brought out Brouthrrs," remarked Man
ager Kelley, of the 1ouisvi!les, to reporter,
"whcn | organized the Nets. He was work.
ing in n sewer at the time. | had seen him
play, and sent him an offer of $40 u week,
which he gladly accepted. When he left the
Nets he got $l25 II month, and now his salary
is one of the biggest in the league"
The ulnpires were instructed at tho recent
association meeting at Cleveland to favor the
pitchers in all close and critical points. If u
ball goes over u corner OF the plate, or is a
tribe out of the prescribed limits, it will be
called Il strike. This will place the pitcher on
an equality with the latsinan, and will also
give the spectators IL chance to howl ut tho
umpire.
A good story is told by Umpire Council, of
Capt. Arson in Il Cl,irngo-DrtIoit game. The
latter was on third has, aud ono man was out
when til" batter struck out. Arson, bclicv-
ing that his side was retired, started to walk
in from the bag, al,i while doing so cried to
Bennett, who had the ball, TO throw it to him.
Bennett became so confused that he looked ut
Arson i'll surprise. Some one in tho crowd at
this point cried to the lig captain that there
were only two out. and he started back for
the hag, and Bennett, in his anxiety to put
him out. throw wild, and Arson came in. As
lie did so, however, he turned to tho umpire
and said: allow is that fog q bluff"
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

An nnnsthetic bullet has been invented by
n German chemist which, it is claimed, will.
if brought into general use, greatly diminish
the horrors of war. The bullet is of IL brittle
substance, breaking directly when it comes in
contact with the object at which it is aimed.
II contains a powerful anrsthetic, producing
instantaneously complete inscnsibility, last
ing for twelve hours, which, except that the
action of the heart continues, is not to he dis
tinguishcd from death. A battle field where
these bullets are used will i'll n short time he
apparently covered with dead bodies, but in
reality merely with the PROSTATE forms of
soldiers reduced for the time being to state
of Inconsistencies. While in this condition
they may, the German chemist points out, DO
packet i'll ambulance wagons and carried off
rs prisoners.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

1t matters not how good your plumbing
may he, the Use of disinfectants is advisable.
Your security will be greater il every week
you use IL disinfcctant literally. One that
costs very little and is perfectly odnrlrss is
made hy dissolving n lleapcd tcaspoonful of
nitrate of lead in n quart of boiling water,
stir it with n stick and then ndd to it u pail of
cold water. This is odorlcss and will not
stain. 1t costs about three cents, and if it is
thrown once Il week down the bath tub closet
md stationary wash bow it will he money
well spent. Another di,intcctant may be
prepared, only use something of the kind reg
ularly on Il certain day. If Il day for doing a
thing is fixed it generally gets done; if"once a
week means any day it is often forgotten.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30


Injurious Methods of Oyster Gathering.
There are hardly one-iluif The oysters here
now that there were thirty years ago"
This was the striking remark of Capt.
David Shalrctt, Il veteran FISHERMAN, in con
vcrsation about the oyster industry of Cllcsa.
peahe bay.
"What is the ca,scof this decline, caytainl"
Swell, principally imii>rrimimatc and rrcl-
less dredging in the buy anil neglect of the
natural beds in the rivers and cstuaries."
slow do the dredgcs iniure the lr,ls.'
"Thcy destroy The seed oysters. The
dreGses take up everything, little and big,
and the vessels carry it off. l have seen car.
goes of oysters sold for six cents u busllel in
baltimore, one-half OF which were simply
seed oysters. These seed oysters, being too
small to shuck, arc thrown away on the shell
piles and destroyed. This is going on con.
tinually, and is also true to a considerable ex-
tent of tho tongers as well as dre,lgcrs, who
supply the packing houses around this sec.
ton. Many millions of bushels of oysters are
thus destroyed every year. The oyster rocks
are torn to pieces anl scattered SO that in
| some instances they never recover. Other
beds are buried in sand ard mud OF other
matter by the continuous dredging, and are SO
destroyed.
Sat the north those engaged in tho business
act very differently. There all seed oysters
arc thrown back into the water and WHOM
brought to the packing houses by chance the
seed are carefully collected and returned to
the water to mature. l AVE no doubt that
i'll less than twenty yenrsal the fancy oysters
used i'll this section and elsewhere will he
brought from New York and Connecticut
Cor. New York Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

French words on bills of fare and in cook
books occur so frequently that an English
rendering of some of those oftencst used will
lo ounl convenient, and is given us follows:
"Au gratiu'-dislics prepared with sauce and
crumbs and baked; "bouil!on'-a clear soup
stronger than broth, but not as strong as con-
sonmc: ''c"nsolnme'-clear soup or houillon
boiled Town till very rich; "clmquettes"-
minced fish or fowl made into shapes with
sauce and fried; "matelote'-a rich fish stew
with wine; 'marinadc"-a liquor of spices,
vinegar, etc, i'll which fish or meats are
stepped before cooking; "ragnul'-a rich
brown stew with vegetables, mushrooms, etc. (;
'salmi"-a stew of game cut up and dressed
when half roasted; "soullcc'-a very light
whipped pudding or omelcttc; vol uu veut"
-paltics of very light puff paste, made with
out IL mold, and filled with meat or preserves.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.
Up Stairs, Down Stairs, in Kitchen ant
In tho I,nly's IarlOr.

in the Lady's Parlor.
In furnishing a house the wall paper is all
important and should he chosen, not only
with regard to harmony with the proposed
carpet, furniture and wood work, but also
with consideration to light and whether you
have heavy, handsome oil paintings for tho
walls or cngravings, ctchinGs or water colois.
For u north room, or any room not too light,
nothing is prctticr for wood work than cherry
finish--natural, if possible; If not, then imita-
ton. With this wood work Il paper of golden
olive effect, or two shades of dull blue or tea
green or citriMc would he suitable. For car
pet, il ingram. ono of the new patterns show
ing " shades of II color; i'll this cas-" maroon
or Indian or dull red. Ingram is preferable
to tapestry brussels; but if body brussels is
preferred, then a pattern showing olive
ground with figures in olives, dull reds and
dull blues will he pretty. For curtains and
porticrcs, if one does not wish tn 80 to the OK
pcnse of buying the handsome manufactured
ones, the best quality of felt cloth, with broad
band of vclours at the top of the same color,
gives very satisfactory results. Care must
he observed Ii in regard to figure. If the wall
paper shows n decided figure, then plain cur
tains and porticrcs afford Il rcstful contrast,
but If the paper gives the effect of one color,
then figured or striped draperics are allow
able.
For summer wear, mnttings, instead of
carpets, are much used. They come in pretty
artistic shadcs-old pink and shade green,
olive and dull rcd-;,nl cost 40 or 80 cents a
yard. In winter Il large central rug is used
of Brussels or Smyrna, or Il square of ingram
with surrounding Dor ler.
In regard to bedroom furnishing, don't get
n plain, cheap set of furniture for Jour OWN
use and put II handsome suite in the guest
chamber for the benefit of the occasional
visitor. Get one bedroom suite of as hand
some u style us you can uirord, knowing it will
never Wear out, and, if nice in the beginning,
will always remain so, though it may grow
old fashioned. In the first place decide, if
possible, on the exact sum you wish to Use for
your house furnishing. Then go into your
mothers kitchen and pantry and maica COM
pletc list of the things which You must have
first of all, though there Inc no carpet in the
parlor or lamp in the hall. Deduct the cost
of tl,cs" from the first amount, and to the OK
pcnditurr of the remainder devote Your very
best Judgment, taste and forethought.-Good
Housekeeping.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
FREE TRADE.

The reduction Of internal revenue and the tax
ing off of revenue stamps from Proprietary Mcdi-
cincs. 10 doubt has largely benefited the con
s,lmcr>. as well as relieving the burden of home
manufacturers. Especially is this the case with
Green's August Flower and Boschec's German
Syrup, as the reduction of thirty-siS cents per
dozen. has been added 10 increase the
size of the bottles containing these remedies
thereby giving one-tiflh more medicine in the Is
cent size. The August Flower for Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint. and the German Syrup for
Cough and Lung troubles. have perhaps. the lar.
gc>t sale of amy medicines in The world. The nd,
vantage of increased size of the bottles will bt
greatly appreciated by the sick and afflicted. III
every town and village in civilized countries
Sample bottles for 10 cents remain the same size
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
Longest Tunnel in the World.

1t is claimed that the longest completed
tunnel in the world is Mt Schcmnitz in Hun
gary. 1t is lo.27 miles in length, with n cross
section of 8 feet 10 inches by 5 feet 3 inches
and is used for drainage purposes. Tho new
Croton aqueduct tunnel now in course of OK
c~avation near this city will he much the long
est unlncl i'll the world. When completed it
will he nearly 80 miles long, with Il section
much larger than that of the Scllemnitz tun-
mel, being about 1G feet in diameter. Twenty
two miles have already been cxcavated.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
A ABLE.

The leaf or top is first hung by hinges to n
back strip fastened to the wall with screws.
The front of the leaf, when raised, is sup
ported by brackets which are fastened to tho
wall hy hinges or butts. When these brackets
are swung in against the wall the leaf falls
down and is out of the way, being flat against
the wall, us is shown in the second figure of
the cut. Housewives will hardly fail to APP
prcciatc the convenience of similar tables in
dining rooms and kitchens. These folding
tables may be made at q tritling expense.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
The Maxim Gun.

The new and really wonderful weapon
christencd Maxim gun weighs over sixty-iive
pounds, is mounted Oh n light tripod, which
can be lowered, raised, moved literally with
one hand us easily ns n garden hose, md
which pours out automatically GOD shots a
minute. There is no crank to turn: there is
no labor of feeding. One man simply sets
the bullets going, and then directs it Mt will;
raking q whole regiment front if he likes, or
keeping the fire within II range of five feet or
five inches. The basis of it all is the utiliza-
ton of the recoil force to fire tho next shot.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
Defects in Sewer Gas Pines.

One of the methods employed for the de-
lection of defects in the sewer pipes of houses
is by introducing tho oil of peppermint, di-
lutcd with water, into the pipes, preferably
OH the roof of the house, where the soil or
waste pipes terminate, and to search within
the house for the odor of the peppermint,
which will be detected at or near the point
where the defect exists.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
Spiders Attracted by Electric Light

A Washington correspondent comments en-
a species of spider that has appeared since
the Introduction of electric lights. 1t phys its
craft day and night. Everywhere its webs
are seen imparting a dingy, dirty appearance
to the architectural ornamentation outside
and ceilings inside buildings that are Llu-
minated by electricity.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
The Oldest Church.

What is the oldest Christian church cdiflce in
the world originally built for u church: NJ. G.
Tho Church of the Nativity. at Bethlehem,
built A. d. 327, by the Empress Helena,
mother of Constantine the Great. An altar
in it is said to mark the grave of 10000 chill
dren massacred by Herod. There is also a
low vault called the Chapel Of the Nativity,
with an inscription which says: "IIere Christ
was born of tho Virgin Mary" The church
is now used by all sects alike.